Verb: perform pu(r)'form
- Carry out an action
"the skater performed a triple pirouette";
- execute, do
- Carry out a function
"Who will perform the wedding?"
- (performing arts) give a performance (of something)
"Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
- Get (something) done
"I performed my job";
- do
Derived forms: performs, performing, performed
Type of: accomplish, act, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], move, recreate, re-create
Encyclopedia: Perform